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| cultivo biológico de flores | organic flower growing |
| cultivo comercial | cash crop Crops that are grown for sale in the town markets or for export. They include coffee, cocoa, sugar, vegetables, peanuts and non-foods, like tobacco and cotton. Huge areas of countries in the developing world have been turned over to cash crops. Those countries with no mineral or oil resources depend on cash crops for foreign money, so that they can import materials do develop roads, for construction, or to buy Western consumer goods and, indeed, food. However, critics argue that cash crops are planted on land that would otherwise be used to grow food for the local community and say this is a cause of world famine. Cash crops, such as peanuts, can ruin the land if it is not left fallow after six years of harvests. Moreover, if the best agricultural land is used for cash crops, local farmers are forced to use marginal land to grow food for local consumption, and this has a further dramatic effect on the environment |
| cultivo de bulbos | bulb cultivation |
| cultivo de bulbos | bulb cultivation The cultivation of flower bulb is divided into two sectors: for forcing (flower bulbs used by professional growers for the production of cut flowers and potted plants) and for dry sales (flower bulbs for garden planting, flower pots, landscaping and parks) |
| cultivo de fruta | fruit cultivation |
| cultivo de fruta | fruit cultivation Cultivation of fruit trees for home consumption or on a commercial basis |
| cultivo de fábrica | factory farming |
| cultivo de fábrica | factory farming The technique of capital intensive animal-raising in an artificial environment, used for chicken, egg, turkey, beef, veal and pork production. Animals are restrained in a controlled indoor environment and their food is brought to them. The building take on the appearance of industrial units |
| cultivo de plantas | plant breeding Raising a certain type of plant by crossing one variety with another to produce a new variety where the desired characteristics are strongest |
| cultivo de verdura | vegetable cultivation |
| cultivo de verdura | vegetable cultivation Cultivation of herbaceous plants that are used as food |
| cultivo del arroz | rice cultivation |
| cultivo del campo | arable farming Growing crops as opposed to dairy farming, cattle farming, etc. |
| cultivo del mejillón | mussel farming |
| cultivo del mejillón | mussel farming Breeding of mussels for sale as food |
| cultivo del sustrato | substrate cultivation |
| cultivo en invernadero | greenhouse cultivation |
| cultivo en invernadero | greenhouse cultivation Cultivation of plants, especially of out-of-season plants, in glass-enclosed, climate-controlled structures |
| cultivo en terreno escalonado | contour cropping |
| cultivo energético | fuel crop |
| cultivo escalonado | contour cropping |
| cultivo para la producción de biocombustible | fuel crop |
| cultivo para la producción de biocombustible | energy crop |
| cultivo por fajas a nivel | contour cropping |
| cultivo sobre chamizado | slash and burn culture |
| cultivo sobre chamizado | slash and burn culture A traditional farming system that has been used by generations of farmers in tropical forests and the savannah of north and east Africa. It is known to be an ecologically sound form of cultivation, and because the soil is poor in tropical rain forests it is a sustainable method of farming. It is still practised today, primarily in the developing countries. Small areas of bush or forests are cleared and the smaller trees burned. This unlocks the nutrients in the vegetation and gives the soil fertilizer that is easily taken up by plants. A few years later the soil is degraded and the farmer moves on to do the same at another site. The original ground is left fallow for anything up to 20 years so that the forest can regenerate. With the growth in population and in the subsequent need for more farming land to produce food, the method is increasingly being used today to clear large areas of tropical forests for cattle ranching, and in most cases the ground is not left fallow for long enough and, with modern mechanized farming systems, not enough tree stumps or suitable habitats for plant life are left to start the regeneration process |
| cultivos de contorno | contour farming |
| cultivos de contorno | contour farming The performing of cultivations along lines connecting points of equal elevation so reducing the loss of top soil by erosion, increasing the capacity of the soil to retain water and reducing the pollution of water by soil |
| desplazamiento del cultivo | shifting cultivation |
| desplazamiento del cultivo | shifting cultivation Agricultural practice using the rotation of fields rather than crops, short cropping periods followed by long fallows and the maintenance of fertility by the regeneration of vegetation |
| infestación de alimentos y cultivos | infestation of crops Invasion of crop by parasites. Among vertebrate animals, many crop pests are mammals, especially in the order of rodents and birds. Among invertebrates, certain species of gastropods and a large number of roundworms from the class of nematodes harm crops. The most varied and numerous species of crop pests are arthropods-insects, arachnids and some species of millipedes and crustaceans. Diseases vary from viral, bacterial, and nutritional to fungal, environmental and non-specific. The FAO has estimated that annual worldwide losses done by plant pests and diseases amount to approximately 20-25% of the potential worldwide yield of food crops |
| infestación de alimentos y cultivos | infestation of food |
| infestación de alimentos y cultivos | infestation of crops |
| infestación de alimentos y cultivos | infestation of food Food that has been contaminated and deteriorated by some kind of pest |
| método de cultivo | cultivation method |
| método de cultivo | cultivation method Any procedure or approach used to prepare land or soil for the growth of new crops, or to promote or improve the growth of existing crops |
| nueva puesta en cultivo | recultivation |
| rotación de cultivos | crop rotation An agricultural technique in which, season after season, each field is sown with crop plants in a regular rotation, each crop being repeated at intervals of several years. Crop rotation minimizes the risks of depleting the soil of particular nutrients. In rotation systems, a grain crop is often grown the first year, followed by a leafy-vegetable crop in the second year, and a pasture crop in the third. The last usually contains legumes; such plants can restore nitrogen to the soil. Notwithstanding, high yields tend to depend upon the continued addition of chemical fertilizers to the soil |
| sistema de cultivo | cultivation system Any overall structure or set-up used to organize the activity of preparing land or soil for the growth of new crops, or the activity of promoting or improving the growth of existing crops |
| tratamiento de cultivos | crop treatment |
| tratamiento de cultivos | crop treatment Use of chemicals in order to avoid damage of crops by insects or weeds |
| técnica de cultivo | farming technique |
| técnica de cultivo | farming technique The business, art, or skill of agriculture |
